Health Psychology A Textbook

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Description: Health Psychology, 5eby Jane Ogden is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology. It is also invaluable to students of medicine, nursing and allied health.This thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition includes:NewMore...

Health Psychology, 5eby Jane Ogden is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology. It is also invaluable to students of medicine, nursing and allied health.This thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition includes:New chapterson 'Health inequalities', 'Health promotion and public health', 'Men's health issues' and 'Critical health psychology'.Expanded chapteron 'Access to health care: help seeking, screening communication and adherence'Cutting edge research, studies, references and further readingMorefeaturesto help you learn: more 'Problems with' boxes; new Research in Focus studies, introducing you to contemporary topics and emerging areas for research in health psychology; new data and graphs plus suggestions for accessing further reading and dataThe new edition also comes with anOnline Learning Centre, with web links and multiple choice questions for students, plus supporting teaching resources including teaching tips, PowerPoint presentations and a new Test Bank.

Preface to the fifth edition

The context of health psychology

An introduction to health psychology

Health inequalities

Health beliefs, behaviour and behaviour change

Health beliefs

Addictive behaviours: Smoking and alcohol and other addictions

Eating behaviour

Exercise

Sex

Health promotion: changing health behaviours

Becoming ill

Illness cognitions

Accessing health care

Stress

Stress and illness

Being ill

Pain and the placebo effect

HIV and cancer: psychology through the course of illness

Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology through the course of illness

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